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OXFORD. Philip, the miller, of Oxford , grants to the church and nuns of St. Nicholas of Litlemore, one seld which Hugh the marshal held of him for one mark of silver, with a solar that extends itself beyond the said seld and beyond another seld on the south, namely that next the house which was Robert Oweyn 's, in the parish of St. Michael at the north gate; paying annually 4d. for all service. Witnesses. Peter, son of Torald, then mayor, Laurence, son of William Geoffrey de Stockwell , Adam Feteplace , Thomas under the Wall , Hugh Fane , then provosts. (c. 1244.)

WHITCHURCH, Oxon. Convention between Robert, the abbot, and convent of Thame of the one part, and Roger de la Hyde , William de Wdecote , Richard le Dene , Hugh de Stokes , Alexander de la Breche , Bartholomew de Wdecote , Robert Grisorz , William de la Beche , John Passelowe , and 23 others, of the other part, viz. that the said abbot and convent grant and remit to them and their heirs common of pasture in ' Rumereshagge,' as they and their ancestors had in the time of King Richard and King John; viz. from the hek of Chacweie as far as to the land of William Withod , and by the hedge of William Withod as far as to the 'gravam' which was Henry Cok 's, and by the wood of the abbot of Ainesham as far as to the way of Witchirche, and by the way of Witchirche as far as to the aforesaid hek of Chacweie; upon this condition that all the said men remit to the abbot and convent common of pasture in 'pinnokesfeld' and in all other lands of the said abbot and convent pertaining to the grainge of Wifalde. For this grant Roger de la Hyde gave to the abbot 60s., and all the others 60s. in common; and an annual rent of 6d. (c. 1230.) [The first witness is Sir Rich. de Ladur, stweward of R[ich.] Earl of Cornwall , so created in 1226.]

WIFALDE. Ralph de Bruncostin and Hawisa his wife, for them and their heirs and for their tenants, quit-claim to St. Mary and the monks of Thame all kinds of common in all lands and woods and pastures of Wifalde. (c. 1250.)

KIRTLINGTON. Thomas, fitz-Fulk , grants to John, fitz-Clement of Kylinton, that messuage in Kirlinton which William the clerk held of the said Thomas, and one acre of land above Ruemere, and another acre of land in Waterfelde. Rent: 1 lb of pepper at Michaelmas: if it is not paid then he shall pay a hen on the morrow of Michaelmas. For this grant John has paid one mark and done homage. Witness: Gilbert son of Helias , Ralph son of Geoffrey , Geoffrey his brother, William hostiarius , Ingram of Kirlintona , William hosarius of Oseni , William son and heir of the grantor, Ralph son of Fulk brother of the grantor, Matthew brother of the grantor, Vincent of Kirlintona , Robert his brother, Hugh of Wicchilla , Richard of Sarci . (c. 1200.)

William, son of William de Strafford , with the assent of Benedicta his wife, and heirs, grants to Richard Walebrun , one virgate of land in Elsefeld which Robert the sheriff held; paying annually 4s. for all service. For this grant the said Richard gave to him 4s. 4d. and to his wife one besant. (c. 1190-1200.)

Thomas de Legh of Oxford , called "toun clerk", confirms to the prior and convent of St. Frideswide the donations of his ancestors, notwithstanding the statute of mortmain, namely 16d. from a tenement in Grope lane which was John le Hore 's, situate between the gate 'del Oriole' and a tenement of the said prior and convent; and 5s. from a messuage in the High street, formerly Simon Whyth 's, situate between a tenement of the said prior and convent and a tenement formerly Henry de Edrop 's; and 2s. from a messuage in the suburbs of Oxford called Plomerhalle, situate without the south gate, between a tenement of the said prior and convent and a tenement of the donors, and 4d. from a tenement in the way called 'Shidierd' formerly the said Simon's, between a manse of Oriole and a tenement of Adam le Bocbyndere . Dated at Oxford, 1 February, 14 Ed. III. [Wigram no. 463]

The will of Richard de Hunsyngore, clerk, rector of South Newenton, Oxfordshire ; he leaves (inter alia) to master Nicholas, son of William de Burcestre , his godson, his seld situated in the high street near the door of the house in which the said Walter lives, which he bought of John de Maydeston ; also to Robert de Hunsyngore his servant, his tenement in the parish of St. Aldate in the high street, between a tenement formerly William Spaldyng 's on the north, and a tenement of John Saucers on the south, which tenement he bought of the executors of Robert de Wormenhale . Dated at South Newenton the Thursday next after the feast of St Dunstan. 1337. Also he gives and bequeaths his tenement situated in the way called Shydzerd, Oxon, between a tenement of the prior and convent of St. Frid. on the south, and a tenement of the abbess and convent of Godstowe on the north, and also his tenement in the street of St. John which he bought of John de Croxford , to be sold, and the money employed for the celebration of masses in the church of South Newenton. Attached to this will is a mandate from Gilbert de Bruera, dean of St. Paul's , to ... de Mora, proctor of the archdeacon of Oxford, and to the dean of Oxford (in consequence of the archdeacon being in foreign parts) to grant administration. Dated at London, 5 Kl. June, 1337.

Convention between Richard Sewy of Oxford of the one part, and Philip, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide of the other part, witnesseth that whereas the said Richard acquired a certain tenement situated in the parish of St. Michael without the south gate, as you go from the highway without the south gate into Overhe lane, on the left hand to the corner of Overhe lane, from which tenement the said prior and convent or the chief lords of the fee were accustomed to receive 32d. annual rent; by the agreement for a certain consideration the prior and convent release all claim to arrears of the said rent. Dated at Oxford the Sunday next after the feast of Annunciation B.V.M., (1190). [A manifest forgery.] [Wigram no. 202]

King Henry VIII, by letters sealed, confirms the union and incorporation of the churches or chapels of Hedyngton, Merston, Byndesey, Churchill, Frytewell, Ellsfylde, Wornall, Oclee, Bryll, Borstall, Overwinchindon, Fallewysley, Great [Preston] and Little Preston, Welton, West Haddon, Stratton, Norton, Coldeassheby, Daventre, Throppe, Throppe-Mondewell, Foxston, Stalforde, Byssebroke, Chycheley, Newporte Paynell, Ascewodde, Wyllyn, Sandeforde, Wodde pery, Douton basset, Ragdale, Aston, Bromyngham, Rudeby and Wettwange, in Lincoln, Lichfield, and York dioceses; also annual portions from the churches or parishes of St. Giles without the walls of Oxford, Fulthorn, Beckeley, Lovyngham, Uppelamborn, and Sonyngwell, in the dioceses of Lincoln and Salisbury, formerly belonging to the suppressed monasteries of St. Frideswide, Tyckford, Littlemore, and Canwall; made by Thomas Crumwell, K.G., to King Henry VIII's college in Oxford. Dated 31 July, 1537, and 29 year of his reign. [Wigram no. 96]

Mabilia, the abbess, and convent of Godstow grant to the prior and convent of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, Durham, and their successors, the whole of their arable land which they have from a certain ditch transversely in Beaumont, viz. from the land of Philip de Ho, burgess of Oxford , as far as to the land which was Roger Semer 's in the same culture in the suburb of Oxford, and of which three acres lie near the land of Walter Best 's on the north, and one acre lies on the south of land of the said Walter, and one acre lies between the land of Thomas Lesewys and the land of the said Roger Semer, and one head of the whole abuts as far as the walls towards the west, and another head abuts as far as to the King's way of Beaumont on the east, together with 6d. of annual rent going out of one acre of land of Thomas Lesewys with the tithes of the same, and the tithes of a certain acre of Walter Bost 's in the same culture; also they grant to the same prior and convent that they shall have whatever right they possess in vacant places near Perilous hall in Horsmangerstrete; paying annually for the same l0s. of silver. Witness, Philip de Ho, then mayor of Oxford , (c. 1290.)

Deed by which John Underhill, the rector, and the fellows of Lincoln appoint Anthony Hartley, M.A., and Anthony Wyllyams their attornies to receive possession of the Maidenhead Inn and another tenement in All Saints' parish, Oxford. Dated 17 day of May, 22 Q. Elizabeth.

SANDFORD, DENTON, WHEATLEY, co. Oxon, and BLEWBURY, co. Berks. Katherine Paynel , daughter of sir Adam de Pyriton, widow, grants to God and St. Mary and the brethren of the Knights Templars the manor of Sandford, namely that which sir Thomas de Sandford had in the same village, saving to her and her heirs for ever a moiety of three knights' fees which were wont to pertain to the same manor. Besides she grants to the said Knights Templars the external services of two hides of land which John de Gardius held in Denton, and of one hide in Whateleg' which Eustace de Whateleg ' held, which services aforesaid ought to be made to the said manor of Sandford. Also she grants to them the advowson of the church of Blebiry with appurtenances, all of which the said brethren had by the gift of Thomas de Sandford aforesaid, uncle of her father, and confirmation of her father Adam de Pyriton . To have and to hold to the said Knights Templars in frankalmoigne, making to her and her heirs the external service that belongs to one knight's fee, namely scutage and ward of Wyndeshore for all secular services, and demands. Witnesses. Sir Hugh de Plessys , sir Fulk de Rycote , sir William le Moyne , sir Richard le Povre , Robert de Lowches and six others. (c. 1290-1300.)

An exemplification of a fine made on the octave of the Holy Trinity, 29 Hen. VIII, by which the manors of Aston, Bampton, and Golleffers, with certain lands and rents, are granted to Roland Hyll by George, earl of Huntingdon, and others. Dated at Westminster, 16 October, 30 Hen. VIII (1538).

OXFORD (St. Mildred). Robert, son of Henry Turand , quitclaims to the aforsaid [sic] Geoffrey Turand all his right in his capital messuage, which lies between the land formerly John the tailor's, of the one part, and the land of John Fessant , of the other, in the parish of St. Mildred. Witnesses: Nicholas de Stocwell , then mayor of Oxford, John de Colleshull, and Geoffrey le Mercer , then provosts. [c. 1265]

An acknowledgment that Alice Colshyll, prioress of Gorynge , has received of the abbot of Oseney l0s. of rent for lands in Thomele. Dated at Gorynge, 4 October, 13 Hen. VII.

William Foliot , son of Robert Foliot of Rollesham , grants to Henry the clerk, son of Richard de Sandon , the gift ["donum"] which the said Robert Foliot his father made to him, for his homage and service, viz. of one virgate of land and 32 acres in Bartun. [Mutilated.] (c. 1210-20).

Roger de St. John grants to the church of St. Mary, Berton, in frankalmoigne, certain parcels and "goras an capiei(?) gorarum" of land in Berton; also Agnes his native, who was the wife of Odo, with Ralph her son, and half an acre of land at Ragheford adjoining the meadow of Walter Frankelan . He makes this grant to preserve the said church from injury and detriment on account of a chantry which he ought to have in his chapel in his court of Berton, without any impediment and contradiction, freely and quietly, from all exaction of the mother church, excepting attendance of himself and family on five solemn days, and the great and small tithes of his lordship. (c. 1220-30.)

CLANFIELD. William of Clanefeld , grants to Roger de Stondone the half of a messuage and croft which Walter the weaver held of him, and 3 1/2 acres of land in Clanfield. [Mutilated.] (c. 1240-50.)

Fragment of a deed endorsed 'Obligacio magistri Ad. et Rogeri Giffard pro decem marcis d' Duclinton,' renouncing all legal proceedings in the strongest term. Dated morrow of Ash Wedn. 1269.

SIBFORD GOWER. Felicia, daughter of Brian de Sibbeford , grants to the church of St. Mary, Oseney, and the canons there, in frankalmoigne, the gift and concession which John, son of Brian , her brother, made to them of 5 virgates of land in Sibford of his demesne, with the head court and all that he possesses there. (c. 1240-50).

[WATER]ETONE, CUDESLOWE, CYDLYNGTON [KIDLINGTON], and HANEBERGH. Court roll for the above manors, held at Eton, feast of St. Denis and Monday after feast of St. Leo, 32 Ed. III. [Mutilated and in part effaced.]

Indenture made between the abbot and convent of Oseney of the one part, and the prior and convent of St. Frideswide of the other, witnesseth that the abbot and convent grant to the prior and convent ...(mention of "frere Rogereo Croys" as a boundary)... lying at Oxford, near a meadow of the said prior, and 17 acres ... in exchange for other land in Eton and elsewhere. Dated the Thursday next after the feast of St. Ambrose, bp., 1359. [Mutilated.]

OXFORD (St. John). Agreement made 1 August, 35 Hen. VI, between John, the abbot, and convent of Oseney of the one part, and Robert, the prior, and convent of St. Frideswide of the other part, of and concerning a wall separating the hall of St. John of the abbey from the hall of the prior and conf. of St. Frideswide, called Bemehall, in the parish of St. John of Merton College.

Alan de Kyleworth of Oxon and Dionisia his wife grant to sir John de Wanere, clerk, parson of the church of Meryton , a certain messuage in Oxford, in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, in Cattestrete. Dated at Oxford the Saturday next before the feast of St. Thomas the martyr, 10 Ed. III. Witn. Rich. Cary, mayor of Oxford , Walter de Faryndon and John de Brehulle , bailiffs.

Adam, son of Juliana de Wyth , grants to the said Juliana his mother, for her life, his tenement in Oxford, in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, in Shydyerd, between the great school on the north and a tenement of William Spaldyng on the south. Dated at Oxford the Tuesday next after the feast of St. Michael, archangel, 21 Ed. III.